1672

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century – 17th century – 18th century
Decades:	1640s  1650s  1660s  – 1670s –  1680s  1690s  1700s
Years:	1669 1670 1671 – 1672 – 1673 1674 1675

Events

• March 15 – Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence.
• May 2 – John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March.
• June 12 – French forces under king Louis XIV cross the Rhine to Netherlands
• June 28 – William III of Orange appointed Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht.
• August 20 – Johan de Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland is slaughtered by a mob in The Hague.
• England, France, Münster and Cologne invade the United Provinces, therefore this name is known as ´het rampjaar´ (the disaster year) in the Netherlands.

Births

• May 1 – Joseph Addison, writer and essayist